Characteristics and economic viability of milk production in the smallholder farming systems in The Gambia

Agricultural Systems

Volumn 85, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 42-58

  Somda, Jacques ^a,b   Kamuanga, Mulumba ^c   Tollens, Eric ^b  

^a International Trypanotolerance Centre Gambia   (Gambia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^c International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI)   (Burkina Faso)

Author keywords

Discriminant analysis; Farming systems; Milk production; The Gambia; Viability

Indexed keywords

FARMING SYSTEM; MILK PRODUCTION; PROFITABILITY; SMALLHOLDER;

AFRICA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; GAMBIA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA; WORLD;

EID: 19044389181     PISSN: 0308521X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agsy.2004.07.011     Document Type: Article

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